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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-06-17

Ex-Vice President Wheelers will gives
S2j. 600 10 home missions, 5000 to foreign
missions, $500 to his housekeeper Betsey
Chambers, and few requests to various
friends 1t is rumored that interested par
ties intend to- contest the will Its contents
were a surprise and there is said to he local
sympathy at Malone with Mr. Wheeler
doctor and housekeeper, because they were
not generously provided for-both having
devoted themselves of late years to his ser
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-06-17
A QUERY.

Isn't it a little strange that with SO many
organizations booked for the parade on ded-
ication day-the l1th-there is no place for
the Esteyville band Give the boys
chance, An OLD Boy
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-06-17
Traveller. Accident Insurance.

CUDWORTH & CHILDS, Agents
For y cents per day protect yourself and fam
~ as follows:
5000 in event OF death,
SIS a week for disabling injuries,
$1,000 for loss Of both hands.
S3DOO " feet.
$1,000 eyes.
5000 one hand and foot.
5000 hand.
5000 foot
The same benefits apply to yearly policies.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-06-17

n
To GrOrer CieUeidHd, President Of the United
States, Washington, u. O..
herewith forward 20 you resolutions of large
assembly of the veteran soldiers OF Vermont ON
the subject of the return of the rebel flags cap
tured by the Union soldiers during the war Tie
preamble and resolutions have my unqualified and
earnest approval, and you may rest assured that
they contain the sentiment of Vermont on the
] subject
EBENEZER j. ORMSBEE,
L. .l-u - -. .--.-a
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-06-17
RESOLUTIONS
On the subject of the Proposed Return
of the Rebel Battle Flags.

Following is a copy of an official docu-
ment which was forwarded To the Presi-
dent of the United States from Brattleboro
last evening Friday, June II:
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-06-17

Massachusetts, now has a law under
which it is am offence subject TO penalty to
employ any person entitled to vote at a
state or national election ON the day ON
which such an election occurs in any man
ufncturiug, mechanical or mercantile estab-
.l.1,mcnt during the period Of two hours af-
ter the opening of the polls, provided that
such person shall make application for leave
Of absence during such time. The penalty
is fine of not less than 500 nor more than
$50 for each offence
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-06-17

William Il. Chandler Of New Hampshire,
secured his coveted and long-worked for
prize ON Tuesday, when he was elected
United States senator TO iill the uneNpired
term. He carried the substantially solid
RcpuhHcnn vote Of both houses.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-03-31

and well lsaown to require detail. He was
born in Monroe county, Illinois, Sept IA,
1926; graduated at McKendell college in that
state, entered soon after on the practice of
law and served four terms in the Illinois legis-
lature. He has served eight terms in the
national house of representatives. He and
Judge Cooley are therefore men of national
reputation and the most widely known MEM
bers of the commission.
Augustus ScEoonmaker has so far only
state reputation, but id New York he ranks
high as lawyer, legislator and judge. He was
born March 2, 1928, in Kingston, N. Y; OBJ
tanned only good, common school education,
and was admitted to the bar in 1858. Ten
years after he was elected judge of the court
for Ulster county and filed that place eight
years. In 1875 he was elected 10 the state
senate as Democrat, and in 1877 was chosen
attorney general over Lyman Tremaine by a
majority of IL, 541. In 1870 he was defeated
for the same office by Hamilton Ward He
has taken a rather active part in politics and
served as delegate to three national Demo
cratic conventions.
Aldace T. Walker is q native of Vermont,
and is AZ years old. In 1861 he entered the
army as q lieutenant and rose to be lieu
tenant colonel He then studied law in
the office of Judge Edmunds, now senator
from that state, and after practicing
few years III New York city, returned to
Rutland, Vermont, where he resides. He
has won a very high reputation as a railroad
lawyer, and is the author of the Vermont
railroad commission bill, adopted in 1856. He
is an active and enthusiastic Republican, and
his appointment is said to be offensive to the
Democratic leaders of his state, who allege
that he was chosen at the instance of Senator
Edmunds.
Gen. Walter L. Bragg is the only southern
member of the commission. He was born in
Alabama in 1888. but resided in Arkansas
from 1S43 to 1861. He was educated at Har-
ward university and Cambridge Law school;
and after the war settled in Alabama in the
practice of the law. In 1881 he was made
president of the Alabama state railroad COM
mission, and during his four years in tina.
Office adjusted many questions concerning the
power of the state and the rights of railroads,
his decisions giving great satisfaction to the
people, but not TO the companies. He was
one of the first spoken Of as member Of the
national commission, and powerful fight
was made against his appointment; but
President Cleveland made q careful examina-
ton of his work in Alabama and pronounced
him emnentlY qualified for the place
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-03-31
A PRAIRIE HOAfE.

Of hill, digs hole in the drift, crawls in
and wraps his blankets about him; the snow
soon drifts over him as he lies. shutting or
the cold wind and he is warm as in a stove
room. 1t is the man above the snow who is
frozen; and more than once mans life has
been accidentally saved by the snow when he
had given up and laid down to die, but lay in
a ravine or sheltered by hill.
There are more dry, clear winter days in
north Dakota than in any other section Of
our country. and moro southern resident
cannot conceive Of the beauty and brilliancy
of the northern nights. When the weather
suddenly turns warm and snow clouds form,
double, triple or quadruple lunar haloes may
be seen, which puzzle the scientists to explain
by the principles Of refraction. But when
the mild weather is succeeded by light
storm and it clears off cold, the air dry and
still and the mercury coquetting around so
dogs. below, then do the heavens indeed declare
the glory of God. The blue sky seems like
an actual substance, a hard and polished
dome brought nearer to the earth; the stars
seem to stand out from the deep blue, to look
down on one with conscious intelligence,
and the lines Of glittering light which run
along the little riffs Of snow take on CULVER
ing tints of delicate red and blue Now and
then blaze of pure light flames up in the
north-a light absolutely without color-and
If there is any frost flying, one may sec the
minute particles in the eir like 10000 little
e.f5w-pis All These pifencnfalng6 course, arc
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-03-31

seen farther south when the conditions suit;
but here they are presented in such cold, un-
earthly splendor as to seem like views en-
tirely new.
The habits of wild fowl and wild game in
this cold northwest are quite as curious as
the experience of men. The hunters insist
that the true wild goose only touches the
ground to rest and feed and that none of
them have ever nested in our territory. The
fowl that does nest there is the Canada goose.
In its northward flight it begins to leave colo
MES as far down as Iowa; they increase sue
cessively northward, and thousands of their
young are Matched and reared in the coteaux
The true wild goose joins them there for a
time, and during most Of October and the
first half Of November the hunting is equal TO
any in the world During the season this
game is drug in the market. The brant,
snow goose, notified goose and white fronted
goose-the four varieties of the true wild
goose-only pause for feed and rest, then
move on. And the surveyors on the Nc
Kenzie report them, in still increasing flocks,
1900 miles north of the national boundary,
still winging their fight northward.
Deer are still tolerably abundant in
Dakota, but the buffalo is gone, and the
moose is fast following him TO extinction.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-03-31

Many thousand cattle are driven from Mon
tana into Dakota for the winter, and no part
of the Union can boast of more nutritious
hay or better prairie pasture In the coteaux
many herders never sleep in n house for many
weeks of winter. With the mercury coquett-
ing playfully from zero to 40 degs. below, one
would think dog tent" in timbered hol-
low or dry ravine q poor sleeping place, yet
the herders come up smiling in the spring and
swear that it is nothing after you get used to
it. It's wonder how they do it, but they do.
Among north Dakota ranchers are men
who have mined on the bar in Montana,
others who have hunted and trapped in Brit
ish America, and still others who have served
in the regular army, officiated on the Indian
reservations, mined in the Black hills, or
surveyed far and wide on the public lands.
Such men think nothing Of starting any day in
the winter with load of freight, for several
days driving. Many trust solely to their judg
ment Of the weather TO know when TO 60
into camp; but the most skillful carry pocket
aneroid barometers, and remain in camp
when these indicate storm. If one is caught
in blizzard where he cannot get into tim
bered hollow, he must keep himself and team
moving or freeze. A man without q team
can "hole up for the night. By this process
one can sleep sound and warm under the
snow, but he must not get scared and wander
about till exhausted When the skilled
frontiersman finds that he is lost and bliz-
gard is coming on, he seeks the lceward side
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-03-31

Helmut Karl Won Moltke, although serving
in the Danish army when but 81 years of age,
was not born in Denmark, but at Parchim,
in Mecklenburg, his father, Baron Won
Moltke, a retired Prussian officer, owning an
estate in that grand duchy. His mother
was only burghers daughter.
Won Moltkes father lost his wealth with
the fall of the fatherland and entered the
service of Denmark, rising to be lieutenant
general Helmut and his brother Fritz, were
sent to Partern Kinckbeer's academy, in
Hohenfelde and afterward to the military
academy at Copenhagen, where they were
very poor and where, as page, Helmut often
waited at table.
When absolved from his duties as page he
joined his regiment. Denmark, as Napoleon's
ally, had lost severely. 1t was compelled to
cede Norway to Sweden, and became bank
rupt. Many of the young officers surrendered
their commissions and took foreign service.
Among them was the present great strategist,
Won Moltke His dismissal was granted with
a sneer.
His advancement in the Prussian army was
slow. Not till he had served fourteen years
in an under charge, and was past SO years of
age, did he become a first lieutenant In
1885 he obtained leave of absence for short
oLiSHldi tOurt WHICH was, Dy FORCE OF eXtraOr-
binary circumstances, extended to four years.
The Turkish sultan chose Won Moltke to
reorganize his army. and for nearly five
years made him his chief adviser and coun-
selor
When Won Moltke returned to Prussia he
was decorated with the order of merit and
was accorded permission to wear decoration
given him by the sultan. He had written
some tales of the orient, and these falling into
the hands of Miss Mary Burt, an English
girl and stepdaughter of his sister, inspired
in her feryent admiration which ripened
into love upon acquaintance. They were
married afte- he was promoted to the rank of
major, and lived together happily for q quar-
ter Of a century; but she died before her hus-
band became celebrated.
Prussia learned Won Moitkes value during
the seven days campaign in Austria; and he
won the Danish war also, though Prussia did
not realize it at the time. He planned the
French campaign. and when, on that famous
day in 1861, the emperor, with his victorious
soldiers, re-entered the Brandenburg gates at
Berlin with Bisrnark and Moltke at his side.
the monarch showed his appreciation of his
chief of staff. He created him count. With
the sum of money he got as his share from
the war debt paid by France, $500, 900, he
bought the estate of Kreisau
CO unit Won Moltke looks ike the photo
graphs and engravings of rim. Like Lincoln,
the meanest wood cut intended for him re-
ssmh&s him. BIS fece IS elear cut aud clean
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-03-31

number of ladies and gentlemen, passed O
gypsy hut. One of the ladies exclaimed:
"That is where the famous gypsy girl Pre-
ciosa tells fortunes
The party, who were all in walking dress,
entered the hut and had their fortunes told in
succession, the king, whose identity was con-
cealed, coming last. Preciosa held his hand
long while in silence and then said:
II see a great crown, great victories and
great age. You will live ninety-six years,
but your last days will bring many troubles
and much sorrow"
The king forgot all about the prophecy till
in 1884, when, at ball at the Russian en-
bassy in Berlin, the Hungarian Countess
Erdody, whose mother was a Tsigane, was
presented to him. During long converse
ton it was incidentally mentioned that the
countess possessed the gift of chiromancy.
The emperor held out his hand and the coun-
TESS after examining the lines, gravely said:
"You majesty is destined TO live ninety six
years. The emperor, it is added, was much
struck by the coincidence
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-03-31
THE COMMISSIONERS.
MEN WHO WILL ADMINISTER THE
INTERSTATE COMMERCE LAW.

Portraits and Short Biographical
Sketches of Messrs. Cooley, Morrison,
Schoonmaker, walker and Bragg-A
Board Composed Entirely of Lawyers.
The question of most intense interest Just
now to railroad managers, and indeed to the
great mass of Americans, whose prosperity
depends so largely on railroads, is as to the
practical operation of the interstate com.
MERGE bill And it is not to be wondered at
that opinions vary, from the warmest eulogy
to the most extravagant denunciation; for
the act is not only novelty in American
legislation, but its provisions are so complex
that the wisest lawyers differ radically as to
their proper construction, and the most ex-
perienced managers are hopelessly at sea as
to their practical effect.
While the bill contains many regulating
provisions, public interest centers chiefly on
two. One prohibits what is called "pooling;"
the other forbids discrimination in charges
other than that corresponding with distance,
betweea long and short hauls In other
words, q railroad company is forbidden, some
slight exceptions aside, to charge more than
one-tensh as much for hauling ton 100 miles
as for hauling it 1000 miles. 1t has long
been the cause of angry complaint that COM
peting lines between cities 500, 1000 or l, 500
miles apart hauled freight at bare margin
above cost and Unidentified themselves by
extortionate charges between adjacent
points where there was no competition.
Against this alleged abuse section of
the bill is aimed, and there the controversy
will arise; for the section is confessedly am
biguous, and contains exceptions and reserva-
lions on which lawyers may exercise their
ingenuity at great length. The commission
ers must decide upon the force and effect of this
and other important sections; and it is
reasonably certain the matter will go before
the Federal courts and must be finally passed
upon by the supreme court before its mean
ing will be generally accepted
Judge Thomas NJ. Cooley, of Michigan;
Hon. William r. Morrison. of Illinois; Hon.
Augustus Schoonmaker, of New York; Hon.
Aldace I. Walker, of Vermont, and Gen. w.
L. Bragg, of Alabama, appointed by Presi-
dent Cleveland to execute this law, are all
lawyers noted for their experience in ques-
tionS affecting railroads.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-03-31

drove Charles X from the throne and in
stalled Louis Philippe, not as king of France,
but as king of the French. This significant
change Of phrase shows the spirit of the rev.
olution of 1880. All sorts Of plans for the
betterment of the condition of laborers were
stirring in the French mind, and at a very
early age Louis Blanc threw himself into the
discussion of them with passionate enthusi-
asm. He was then classed as a Socialist, and
the aristocratic party regarded him as a dan
gerous one; but timo and experience modi-
fed his views, and he is now known chiefly
as a historian and social reformer.
The ardent reformers Of France maintained
some confidence in King Louis Philippe till in
1916; that year he consummated tho peculiar
intrigue which resulted in tho marriage of
his son, Due do Montpensier, TO the younger
of the Spanish princesses, and OF her older
sister Isabella, to the Duke Of Cadiz, Don
Francisco d'Assis. There were we'll known
reasons for believing that this last marriage
would prove childless, and the universal
opinion of Europe was that Louis Philippe
had planned that Isabella should die without
children and his sons wife succeed her ms
queen. Isabella, however, had offspring, and
the intrigue Fastened the ruin Of Ions
Philippe. The reformers turned against him;
his next autocratic move precipitated the
revolution Of 1913; he fed to England, and in
the stirring scenes which followed, Louis
Blanc bore conspicuous part. He was in
the prime of life, ardent and eloquent, and
obtained the title Of Tribune Of the People"
lie advocated an extremely democratic re-
public, with somo provisions for the special
protection of the laborer and we find some
of his schemes embodied in the government
actually adopted.
AT the ensuing election Louis Blanc and
Gen. Changarnier, with others, were candi
dates for the presidency, but Louis Napoleon
Bonaparte was now at the front, the prestige
Of his family name overcame all else and he
secured an overwhelming majority Of the
votes. He rapidly augmented his power, but
in 1851 the coup detat took place--that is, the
representatives of the people were arrested
and their supporters slaughtered on the
streets-the "citizen president" as he had
been called, soon became Emperor Louis Ma
poleon, the third Bonaparte, and Louis Blanc,
Victor Hugo and others went into exile For
many years he was little heard Of. Then
came Sedan, and il was Louis Napoleon
time for exile; Hugo and Blanc returned 20
France and did their work with moro wisdom.
He died in 1882, and now the French people
honor him with a statue in the Place Monge.
The ceremony Of unveiling was attended by
the ministry and both houses Of the assembly.
The speeches were highly eulogistic Of Louis
Blanc's work as a social reformer. His repu-
tation has rather grown than decreased since
his death, as the practicability of his plans Is
proved, and no has warm place In the hearts
of the common people.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-03-31
Madison Matters.
From our regular Correspondent.


Last week the Grant county delega-
ton in the Legislature came to the front.
MIR. Mccoy this time made himself
heard on an important bill which pro-
vided for the adjustment of the posi-
ton of state pension agent. The bill
had been introduced early in the session
and was referred to the committee on
military affairs. of which Mr.. Mccoy is
chairman. After due deiberation and
consultation with various G. A. r. men
as to the efficiency of the service rem
dered to the soldiers by the state pension
agent, the committee reported that the
bill be indefinitely postponed. Mr..
Humphrey then introduced substitute
to the bill bringing the position under
the adjutant generals supervision
making it clerkship in the adiutant
generals office. Mr.. Mccoy. who is a
strong friend of the soldier. declared
that if the agency were thus placed it
would eventually need half dozen
other clerkships to help it out. and that
as the pension agency is as yet only two
years of age it may not have had a fair
trial. He therefore opposed the substi-
tute and won his own point, and by the
way, he persevered in what he believed
to be fight for the benefit of the
veterans, entities him to the praise of
the G. A. r. of the state. He says that
the agency certainly does some good
for the boys, and if it does it shall have
another trial.
There was another bill pending before
the Assembly to require the State PEN
sion agent to make biennial reports,
but it was killed. Another, however,
passed, requiring the pension agent to
move his office to Madison and then to
devote all Of his time to the duties of
the office.
The railroad pass business has played
out and the "boys' will now pay their
fare. The Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul Company issued over %. 500 passes
and the Northwestern nearly as many.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-03-31

sided. Mr.. Taylor took the stump during the
campaign Of Gen. Wade Hampton in South
Carolina in 1875. He is one Of the youngest
foreign ministers representing our govern
ment
John E. W. Thompson, OF New York, MN
lister resident and consul general TO Hayti;
Moses Aaron Hopkins, Of North Carolina,
minister resident and consul general to Lii
IBERIA; Henry G. G. Atwood, Of louisiana
consul to San Domingo; James G. Matthews,
of New York, recorder Of deeds for the Dis
trict Of Columbia, in the place Of Frederick
Douglass, resigned, and James N. Trotter, Of
Massachusetts,, recorder of deeds in tho Dis
trict Of Columbia, m place Of Mr.. Matthews,
are other colored men given good positions
by Mr. Cleveland.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-03-31

W. L BRAGG. AUGUSTUS scHooxMAKER.
Thomas NJ Cooley was born in Attica, N.
Y, Jan. 6, 1924, and after acquiring a fair
education studied law at Palmyra, and re-
novel to Michigan, where he served as dep
uty clerk and register in chancery. In 1857
he was chosen by the legislature to compile
tho laws of Michigan, and did the work with
such ability that he was Immediately after
named to organize the law department of the
state university at Ann Arbor. He was the
first professor appointed to deliver lectures on
law in that department, and also served as
reporter of the supreme court. In 1864 he
was elected justice of the supreme court Of
Michigan, a place he filed for twenty -one
years with marked ability. His work
entitled, Constitutional Limitations of
Legislative Powers in the States" ranks
among the great American legal classics. In
1885, Judge Gresham, of the United States
circuit court for the circuit including Indiana,
appointed him receiver of the Wabash Rail-
way company, and he was engaged in that
work when named as commissioner. His APP
pointment as receiver was regarded as the
best that could have been made, and his
present appointment gives equal satisfaction.
he IS man of austere morals, strictly tenn
perate, an indefatigable worker and in poll
tics Republican.
William r. Morrison's career as a lead
I ing Democratic crHTexman is TOO rrcpn1
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-03-31

shaven. Ills lips are thin and decisive look
ing; his eyes are blue, his nose Roman, and
he wears wig-a modest mixture Of chest
nut and silver
He has acquired fame in many ways He
might be said almost to be a universal
genius, rare as the product is. As strategist,
as author, painter, musician and linguist he
has won honors. He holds his own in eleven
tongues. But, with all his gifts he cannot
talk. He is known at Berlin as 1.-THE Silent
In the reichstag he gives Bismarck his vote,
but not his voice. Neither does he talk
privately with his colleagues.
1t has been asserted that the atmosphere,
physical and mental, of the Prussian king
dom is conducive to longevity. The emperors
physicians declare that, as he has no organic
disease, there is nothing to prevent him from
attaining 100.
1t seems that he bars out all the predictions
made about his long life. One story says
that, at the time of the Furstentag at Frank
fort, in 1868, King William, one day, walk
ing In the neighborhood of Baden Baden, ac-
companied by Herr Won Bismarck and a